I have always been interested in history of the Guild, and from the reading and investigating I have done this month, my appetite has been whetted to learn more about all the activities that have happened in the past.

I learnt we have a birthday - April 20 1985! This was the date of the first meeting of the Guild, and so in 2010 we will be 25 years young. A group of ladies interested in patchwork got together and set the ball rolling that grew into the great community we have now.

I have been given a huge pile of original newsletters from the very beginning of the Guild and this is a great source of reference. I am going to file them in folders that can be read at the meetings. Unfortunately that will be the only place to read them - at the meetings.

I will be interested to hear from anyone who has any connection with the Guild in any capacity, to hear your story and if possible keep it for the future. I can be contacted via this site and at our monthly meetings.

- Carol, archivist